Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of Baehr. .c With a Geographical and General IndexHarper & Bros., 1855 - 613 pages |
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... oracle : they reigned for twenty - two generations , a space of five hundred and five years , the son succeeding to the father to the time of Candaules , son of Myrsus . 8. This Candaules then was enamoured of his own wife , and being ...
... oracle : they reigned for twenty - two generations , a space of five hundred and five years , the son succeeding to the father to the time of Candaules , son of Myrsus . 8. This Candaules then was enamoured of his own wife , and being ...
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... oracle at Delphi . For when the Lydians re- sented the murder of Candaules , and were up in arms , the partisans of Gyges and the other Lydians came to the follow- ing agreement : that if the oracle should pronounce him king of the ...
... oracle at Delphi . For when the Lydians re- sented the murder of Candaules , and were up in arms , the partisans of Gyges and the other Lydians came to the follow- ing agreement : that if the oracle should pronounce him king of the ...
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... oracle . Now Periander was king of Corinth , and the Corinthians say ( and the Lesbians confirm their account ) that a wonderful prodigy occurred in his life - time . They say that Arion of Methymna , who was second to none of his time ...
... oracle . Now Periander was king of Corinth , and the Corinthians say ( and the Lesbians confirm their account ) that a wonderful prodigy occurred in his life - time . They say that Arion of Methymna , who was second to none of his time ...
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... oracle at Delphi alone was a real oracle , because it had discovered what he had done . For when he had sent persons to consult the different oracles , watching the appointed day , he had re- course to the following contrivance : having ...
... oracle at Delphi alone was a real oracle , because it had discovered what he had done . For when he had sent persons to consult the different oracles , watching the appointed day , he had re- course to the following contrivance : having ...
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... oracle ; for , after he had ascer- tained the veracity of the oracle , he had frequent recourse to it . His demand now was , whether he should long enjoy the king- dom ? to which the Pythian gave this answer : 52-55 . ] 21 CLIO . I.
... oracle ; for , after he had ascer- tained the veracity of the oracle , he had frequent recourse to it . His demand now was , whether he should long enjoy the king- dom ? to which the Pythian gave this answer : 52-55 . ] 21 CLIO . I.
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